Our own crew cleans gutters, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves and needles hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been cleaning gutters on those visits long enough to know what they find.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Most gutter cleaning services price by length and land in a similar place per linear foot, but on our jobs the stories and the debris load matter more than the footage alone. Even a clean gutter run gets priced by stories and size, not by how it looks from the ground.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest single change. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline, and gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves, which takes longer to clear. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Clogged downspouts and a clog low in the run both slow drainage, and both get cleared before the job is called done. Flushing, a water flow check and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A clean trough is only half the job, so the flow check is included too. Anything that changes the job, like a seam that has started to leak, is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On one job last season, the house had a steep back roof and gutters that had not been opened in several years. The crew flagged the buildup on the phone, we agreed on the added time before the truck pulled in, and that is how it was billed. Burlington homeowners with heavy tree cover tend to need a bit more clearing at the elbows, where the seed and needle load drops out of the gutter and forms a clog. We flush every downspout on every job, and every homeowner gets the same check with a note on what we found once the gutter is clean.
Residential and commercial jobs are priced differently. Our commercial properties are quoted per building on a schedule, and residential properties are quoted by the house. Our gutter cleaning services cover both, and if you are not sure which fits your place, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our customers book twice a year, once after the seed and pollen drop finishes and once after the last leaves come down. Across Vermont, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, and in Burlington VT the fall visit runs late October to November. On our jobs the spring visit is when we find the seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the fall visit is when we find leaves and debris, plus needles, packed into the gutters and downspouts, a wet mat that sits in the rain gutter until it freezes.
In a freeze-belt town like Burlington the fall visit matters more. When a gutter is still full in November, the rainwater behind it freezes first and forms ice dams at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March, which is structural damage and rot that start small. Under heavy tree cover, the rhythm our customers keep is to clean your gutters every three to four months, because needles, a twig or two and grit pile up in the elbows between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to keep your gutters running for most lots. Gutter guards cut the visits down for any gutter system, but the surface still needs clearing. A fall visit is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage before the freeze.
If your lot is near a busy road or a construction site, or the surrounding areas are dusty, plan on the shorter interval, since the grit settles into the gutter faster and can cause a blockage sooner. After the first visit we give you a written estimate of how often your lot needs a visit, so you can plan the year and keep the gutter clean between visits.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew works from the nearest base, and we clean houses in most neighborhoods across Burlington and the surrounding areas. Our Burlington gutter cleaning is booked the same way everywhere: you call (866) 435-6328 or text, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We give the quote by phone or text, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Late spring and late fall are the two busy windows of the year, and that is when most customers want the visit. If you call during those months, ask for the first open date and we will tell you how soon we can get to your gutter. Booking early is the easiest way to get your gutters on the calendar before the heavy rainfall of the year arrives. Our gutter cleaning process is the same at every visit: we clean the trough, flush each run and check that the downspouts send water away from your home. We also offer regular gutter cleaning, a gutter maintenance plan that keeps cleaning and maintenance on one calendar, so customers who want cleanings booked ahead never have to call each time.
Our cleaning services in Burlington cover the trough, the outlets and the roofline above them, and our gutter services follow the same steps on every house. Customers in the surrounding areas get the same crew, the same photos and the same quote, and the goal is a clean gutter on every house. We check the landscape before the ladder goes up, because a tree that drops needles over one side changes the job, and we leave every run clean when we go.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our gutter cleaning services are quoted by phone or text from those details. Nothing is quoted without those details.
Our customers here book late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the leaf mat freezes into the gutter, and we find sagging runs by the next March on the houses that skipped it. Spilled water can rot the fascia, and that is how a sag turns into structural damage.
Most slots come up within the week across Burlington, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every clean run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every run and check that water is leaving at the outlet, since clogged downspouts are one of the first things we check. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
No. On our jobs the guards hold back the big leaves, but leaves and debris, needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top of them, so the gutters still need a visit. We clear the surface and check that water gets in.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it is a slope or downspout problem, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, such as a gutter system that needs more time than the photos showed, and you hear about it and agree before work starts. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
